Legal Opinion
People v. McLeod
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 1980No. 60368, (Calendar No. 5)PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
(to affirm). Leave to appeal was granted in this case to address several challenges to the constitutionality of the "guilty but mentally ill” verdict established by 1975 PA 180. We agree with the Court of Appeals that on the record in this case there is no showing of a clear and inevitable conflict between this new verdict and either the United States or Michigan Constitution. We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
I. The Statute
1975 PA 180 established a new verdict heretofore unknown to the jurisprudence of our state— guilty but mentally ill.
The statute provides, in pertinent part,…
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